General Policies
You have a vacant position in your department. Your relative puts in an application for the position. You cannot hire this individual because it would be a ______ __ _______.
What is conflict of interest?
Employees who are hired to work _____ hours per week or more for more than five months per year are required to participate in the state retirement system PERSI.
What is 20 hours?
Employees who are promoted to a new position will have ___% added to their current hourly rate and then go to the next higher step in the new pay grade.
What is 5%?
An ________ _______ is defined as a "period of evaluation of on-the-job performance to ascertain ability and fitness for continued employment."
What is introductory period?
All employees are expected to follow work rules, policies, and procedures which affect them. All employees are expected to conform to the City's policies and this person is expected to ensure adherence using the disciplinary process if necessary.
What is supervisor?
Reasonable Accommodation is the program that calls for necessary and reasonable adjustments in the work environment to make it possible for persons with a covered substantial impairment(s) to continue in their jobs. However, it is the __________ responsibility to request ADA accommodations.
What is the employee's?
**Once an impairment is identified by the employer, we also share responsibility in offering the ADA interactive process
In the case of non-emergency on-the-job injuries or illnesses, employees must go to this medical facility first.
What is Physician's Immediate Care?
An employee is scheduled for 40 hours in a week (Monday-Friday). They used 8 hours of sick time one day. Then, they were asked to cover a 6 hour shift on Saturday to fill scheduling needs. This employee will be paid overtime for ____ hours.
What is 0 hours?
**Sick leave is not considered time worked for the purpose of determining overtime
Employees who completed their introductory period and who were part of a reduction in force, as well as those employees who voluntarily resigned, will be ______ ___ ______ as long as they had a satisfactory work record during the last 18 months of reviews while employed by City of Pocatello.
What is Eligible for Rehire?
When warranted, a written reprimand is used as a form of discipline. Before delivering the written reprimand to the employee, it must first be reviewed by _________ __________.
What is Human Resources?
A hostile work environment is a type of _______ ________.
What is sexual harassment?
If an employee typically works 4 10 hour shifts in a week, and a holiday falls in their normal work week, they will be compensated for this many hours.
What is 8 hours?
Employees who are demoted will move to Step ___ in the pay grade of the position that they are moving to and have a 12 month probationary period.
What is Step 3?
Any employee who is unable to perform adequately due to the loss of a necessary license, certificate, or other job requirement shall be separated by a layoff unless the license, certificate or other job requirement can be restored within ____ working days or a reasonable time to be determined by the department head and Human Resources.
What is three (3)?
True or False: When an employee signs a reprimand, it is an admission of guilt to the offense.
What is False?
**It's an acknowledgement that the reprimand was placed in their personnel file and that they received a copy
True or False: Some harassment is acceptable as long as the harasser was joking or didn't mean to offend anyone.
What is False?
This program is a confidential and voluntary professional counseling and referral service provided free of charge to employees and their dependents. It can help with legal, financial, family, personal, marital, alcohol and drug, mental health, and other problems.
What is Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?
Comp time can be accrued up to a maximum of _____ hours?
What is 120 hours?
This policy allows eligible employees who work for the City to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12 month period for various medical reasons.
What is FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)?
An employee who communicates in good faith the existence of any waste of public funds, property or manpower, or a violation or suspected violation of a law, rule or regulation adopted under the law of the state can be called a _______________, and is protected from the employer taking adverse action against the employee.
What is Whistleblower?
Idaho Code 6-2104
If an employee submits a complaint for sexual harassment, the supervisor must immediately report the complaint to the _______ _____ and _______ ________ ________.
What is Department Head and Human Resources Director?
All full-time and half-time employees who have been employed with the City of Pocatello for _______ ______ prior to the commencement of the course are eligible for the education reimbursement program.
What is 12 months?
Chronic sick leave usages at the beginning or ending days of the employees shift, taking sick leave on a day vacation time, comp time, or administrative time has been denied, using sick leave on deadline dates, or patterned usage of sick leave usage at the beginning or end of vacation time are all examples of ________ ______ _______.
What is sick leave abuse?
Full time employees who have an unexcused or unauthorized absence of ______ working days or more may be considered to have resigned through abandonment of his/her position.
What is three (3)?
Employees are expected to follow lawful orders from supervisors. Should a situation arise in which conflicting orders are given, the employee must follow the ______ order received and may do so without fear of reprisal.
What is last?